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Barriers to mental health treatment: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys
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Background: To examine barriers to initiation and continuation of mental health treatment among individuals with common mental disorders. Method: Data were from the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. Representative household samples were interviewed face to face in 24 countries. Reasons to initiate and continue treatment were examined in a subsample ( n = 636 78) and analyzed at different levels of clinical severity. Results: Among those with a DSM-IV disorder in the past 12 months, low perceived need was the most common reason for not initiating treatment and more common among moderate and mild than severe cases. Women and younger people with disorders were more likely to recognize a need for treatment. A desire to handle the problem on one's own was the most common barrier among respondents with a disorder who perceived a need for treatment (63.8%). Attitudinal barriers were much more important than structural barriers to both initiating and continuing treatment. However, attitudinal barriers dominated for mild-moderate cases and structural barriers for severe cases. Perceived ineffectiveness of treatment was the most commonly reported reason for treatment drop-out (39.3%), followed by negative experiences with treatment providers (26.9% of respondents with severe disorders). Conclusions: Low perceived need and attitudinal barriers are the major barriers to seeking and staying in treatment among individuals with common mental disorders worldwide. Apart from targeting structural barriers, mainly in countries with poor resources, increasing population mental health literacy is an important endeavor worldwide.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Andrade, L. H., Alonso, J., Mneimneh, Z., Wells, J. E., Al-Hamzawi, A., Borges, G., Bromet, E., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Hinkov, H. R., Hu, C., Huang, Y., Hwang, I., Jin, R., Karam, E. G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Levinson, D., Matschinger, H., O'Neill, S., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Sampson, N. A., Sasu, C., Stein, D. J., Takeshima, T., Viana, M. C., Xavier, M., & Kessler, R. C.
- Affiliations
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Municipal Institute for Medical Research (ES)
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- University of Al-Qadisiyah (IQ)
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (MX)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- KU Leuven (BE)
- National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development (RO)
- University of Ibadan (NG)
- National Center of Public Health and Analyses (BG)
- Shenzhen KangNing Hospital (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Harvard University (US)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (US)
- Saint George Hospital (LB)
- Israel Ministry of Health (IL)
- Leipzig University (DE)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (JP)
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (BR)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
- Corresponding author
- Kessler, R. C.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psychological Medicine
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2013-08-09
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1303-1317
- ISSN
- 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8978
- PMC
- PMC4100460
- OpenAlex
- W2100695323
- Cited by
- 1,289
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 109 · 2025: 155 · 2024: 154 · 2023: 152 · 2022: 151 · 2021: 134 · 2020: 125 · 2019: 86 · 2018: 85 · 2017: 63 · 2016: 40 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 9
- FWCI
- 36.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Public Health Agency (RES/4792/13)
- National Institutes of Health (5r13mh066849-04, 5r01mh069864-04, 5r01mh070884-05)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R13-MH-066849, R0 1-MH61905, R01‐MH070884, U01-MH-60220, R01MH061905, U01MH060220, R01‐MH069864)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K05DA015799, R01DA016558)
- Fogarty International Center (R03TW006481)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Keywords
- barriers to mental health care, common mental disorders, help-seeking, treatment initiation, treatment discontinuation, perceived need for treatment, attitudinal barriers, structural barriers, mental health literacy, clinical severity, gender differences, age differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Attitude to Health, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Global Health, World Health Organization, Young Adult
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